Non-Award Enrolment

What is a Non-Award Enrolment

Non-award enrolment refers to all enrolments in courses or a sequence of courses which do not lead to or count
towards a formal award (e.g. degree or diploma) of UNSW Australia

Non-award enrolments fall into two categories, voluntary and cross-institutional.

A voluntary course enrolment
is where the student enrols in a course either out of interest, or to
develop professional competence in an area of specialisation. Students
enrolled for award programs sometimes simultaneously enrol voluntarily in
courses additional to their award requirements. Students should note that
they are liable to pay Student Services and Amenities Fees each semester at the published
rate.

A cross-institutional enrolment is where the student enrols in a course at UNSW for credit towards an
award at another Australian tertiary institution in which the student is
concurrently enrolled.
Before an application for cross-institutional enrolment can be approved,
the student must submit both the home institution's written
confirmation that the course applied for will be credited towards award
requirements and a certified copy of the student's complete academic
transcript. Undergraduate cross-institutional enrolments will
incur Student Contribution liability for the courses taken at UNSW in
addition to the liability at the student's home institution. Students
enrolled as local fee paying students at their home institution will also
be charged tuition fees at UNSW. Postgraduate students undertaking courses
from programs, whether cross-institutional or non-award, may be liable for
tuition fees even though they may be liable for Student Contributions at
their home institution. Postgraduate cross-institutional students may
apply for FEE-HELP if eligible. International students are permitted to
enrol on a cross-institutional basis, and are charged tuition fees for
their courses.

What are the Rules and Guidelines Governing Non-Award Enrolment?

The following principles and
rules govern the acceptance and enrolment by the University of non-award
students, and of students enrolled in award programs in courses which are
additional to their award requirements.

Non award enrolment in a course, taken either Voluntarily or Cross Institutionally, may be permitted provided that the student has appropriate educational qualifications, satisfies the University's English language proficiency requirement and any pre and/or co requisites the course may have and in each case the Program Authority considers that the student will benefit from the enrolment.

The enrolment of a student on a voluntary or cross-institutional basis must be on the provision that sufficient places are available in the course and that the enrolment does not prevent a place in the course being available to a student in a UNSW award program.

In general, a non award student will not be permitted to enrol in more than 24 units of credit in any one academic year.

As a general rule the University prohibits non-award enrolment in first year undergraduate courses.

A student who is under exclusion from any university may not enrol in a course on a non-award voluntary basis.

Applications for non award cross institutional study must be accompanied by documented approval that the UNSW courses will be accepted for credit to the student's award program at their home institution.

A student who is subsequently admitted to an award program at the University, for which the courses completed as a non-award student form a part, may apply for credit for those courses.

What Fees Will Apply?

How Do I Apply?

Application to enrol as a
non-award student must be made on the Non-Award Enrolment application form
available on the UNSW website
http://www.futurestudents.unsw.edu.au/non-award-short-courses Permission to enrol as a non-award
student is conditional on the permission of the Head of School or nominee and
authorisation from the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Students) and Registrar. Applicants
should follow the instructions provided with the application form.

UNSW Courses

You can find out what courses are
offered at UNSW by searching the Undergraduate and Postgraduate Online
Handbooks.

Please select the relevant
Handbook and then refer to Courses by Subject Area or Courses by A-Z in the
Table of Contents to the left-hand side of the page.